Gynecology services expand to Port Colborne Site

A newly recruited obstetrician and gynecologist in Welland is expanding her services to the Port Colborne Site of the Niagara Health System.

Dr. Nambizi Beyani, a mother of three, began working at Niagara Health’s Welland Site in September 2009. She provides an array of services ranging from mature women’s health and menopausal counselling to hysterectomy and minimally invasive surgery for urinary incontinence.

“I am pleased to be able to offer the residents of Port Colborne and surrounding area specialty services closer to home,” she says.

Dr. Beyani graduated from medical school at the University of Zambia before starting her residency in the United Kingdom.

“I wanted to be home with my children so I took some time before heading back to complete my residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Saskatchewan,” she said.

Her family did a lot of camping when they first moved to Canada. While visiting friends in the Niagara region, they took a tour of Niagara Falls and rode the Maid of the Mist.

“It was so beautiful, my family decided then that if we were ever given the opportunity to come back we would. When the offer arose to come back to Niagara, it felt like the chance of a lifetime. We aren’t big city people and love the beauty that Niagara has to offer.”

Dr. Beyani will offer gynecological services one Friday per month at her Port Colborne Site satellite office. Patients will continue to visit her in Welland for obstetrical services. Appointments to see Dr. Beyani can be made by referral through patients’ family doctors. «